No formal qualifications are required to become a foster carer. All applications are considered, regardless of gender, marital status, religious persuasion, sexual identity or nationality.
Care Visions provides all the specialist training you will need, as well as a financial allowance to help support your fostering. We need caring people, with the life experience, time and stability, to offer a child in need a supportive home environment.
Qualities of a foster carer that are essential are:
- Energy, enthusiasm and commitment to child/young people
- A stable home to share
- The ability to practically support the child/young person in all aspects of their life
- The ability to nurture and promote the young person’s wellbeing
- A resilient personality
- And the ability to manage sometimes difficult behaviours
- A willingness to engage with the relevant training
If you possess these qualities, then Care Visions Fostering Scotland can provide you with the training and support to become a first-rate Foster Carer. Some of our Foster Carers offer short or medium term placements, looking after a number of children over time, while others offer long term placements. Whether short or long term, we regularly get feedback from Foster Carers that fostering is among the most rewarding and fulfilling things they have ever done in their lives.
